The Golden Girls - New Dutch Remake!

Here's a full episode. I can't believe it's real. lmao It was on last year apparently. Wonder if they're planning more.

by Anonymous

reply 24

03/06/2013

Ha! Even the Dutch "Dorothy" looks like a man in drag (with a passion for clunky jewelry).

by Anonymous

reply 1

03/04/2013

What's the dutch word for lanai?

by Anonymous

reply 2

03/04/2013

You're amazing!!

by Anonymous

reply 3

03/04/2013

OP, you win the Internet!

I am over GG threads but you, sir, have found the one thread I'm actually happy to see!

by Anonymous

reply 4

03/04/2013

Dutch is the most beautiful language in the world.

by Anonymous

reply 5

03/04/2013

Wow, Bea Arthur was feminine and pretty compared to that man in drag.

by Anonymous

reply 6

03/04/2013

You must be deaf if you think Dutch is beautiful.

by Anonymous

reply 7

03/04/2013

Why'd they cast Rip Taylor as Dorothy?

by Anonymous

reply 8

03/04/2013

The uploader is going to see if they can get more episodes. I can't believe I'm actually enjoying watching this. haha

by Anonymous

reply 9

03/04/2013

From what I could tell from the opening credits, it looks like in addition to Susan Harris (the creator) getting a credit, they are using scripts from the original GG, because American writers got a credit too.

by Anonymous

reply 10

03/04/2013

It's definitely the episode "Stan's Return." I can already figure out the dialogue because I remember the episode so clearly. Some of it is in English too. Stan says in English, "You're going to tell me that I told you so." That's the same exact line. The sets are even the same. Watch this episode, then google, 'Golden Girls Stan's Return' and watch that. You could put the two side-by-side -- exactly the same.

by Anonymous

reply 11

03/04/2013

It's funny that they're giving them crappy 80s clothes, but there's a computer in the background in the living room.

by Anonymous

reply 12

03/04/2013

They uploaded another episode. Blanche is going through the change. LMFAO! They're breeding chickens instead of minks.

by Anonymous

reply 13

03/05/2013

They should do a UK remake. Honor Blackman could be Blanche. Diana Rigg could be Dorothy. Liz Smith could be Sophia...

by Anonymous

reply 14

03/05/2013

[quote]They should do a UK remake

No, no. Queen Elizabeth as Sophia, Princess Anne as Dorothy, Sarah Ferguson as Rose, and since Diana is no longer around, Prince Edward's beard as Blanche.

by Anonymous

reply 15

03/05/2013

[R14]

They've done a UK remake in the past titled 'Brighton Belles'. I don't know how successful that was though.

Just a bit of trivia but the GG cast performed for the Queen in a filled theater.

by Anonymous

reply 16

03/05/2013

The premise of "The Golden Girls" was quite simple; what made it a success was the perfect casting of it's four leading ladies.

by Anonymous

reply 17

03/05/2013

These women don't have the chemistry the originals had. Their outfits are dumpy too, even the nightgowns.

by Anonymous

reply 18

03/05/2013

Brighton Belles bombed. Golden Girls was very popular in the UK in the late 80's, early 90's. The Queen's late mother was a huge fan of the show and personally requested that the girls peform at one of the Royal Variety Shows.

No one wanted to watch four different women doing the exact same thing. There was a Who's the Boss remake done at the exact same time, too.

by Anonymous

reply 19

03/05/2013

BB lasted two series.

by Anonymous

reply 20

03/05/2013

Most of the comments at the site below are extremely negative. People complain about the lack of originality and call the show "cringeworthy."

by Anonymous

reply 21

03/05/2013

[quote] There was a Who's the Boss remake done at the exact same time, too.

What's "Who's The Boss?"

by Anonymous

reply 22

03/05/2013

Can someone explain the differences?

Sophia is much more stylish in the dutch version. She looks like and older version of the other three, not so much like an "old lady".

They seem to drink wine with cheese and olives rather than eat cheesecake during their midnight gabfests. Is there no dutch equivalent to cheesecake?

How do they deal with Sophia's memories of Sicily?

what is the Dutch version of St. Olaf?

by Anonymous

reply 23

03/06/2013

It would only make sense if these Dutch ladies had all retired to Spain or Portugal, but the series seems to take place in the Netherlands (well, using a completely fake-looking set.) And where in Holland do they have beaches like the one they show at the beginning? Surely not Zandvoort or Scheveningen?

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